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Rashid Latif has explained the major reason behind Pakistan’s regular losses to India across formats.
Former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif believes that his country’s men’s team gets ’emotional’ and ‘hyper’ whenever they come up against rivals India, which has contributed to the lopsided record in the Men in Blue’s favor. He said India, unlike Pakistan, have always played objectively and according to the match situation.
Latif’s comments came on the eve of the 2025 Asia Cup clash between the two sides. Until this game, they have met 13 times in T20Is, with India winning 10 of them and Pakistan the other three.
“We get emotional or hyper and try to do everything in one go. We don’t take the games deep against India and because of this, Pakistan lose most of the time,” Latif said in an interview with PTI Videos. “India on the other hand play according to the pitch and match situation and that’s why they succeed.”
The Asia Cup clash is likely to be the most emotionally charged in a long time. The neighboring countries have been warring for decades now, but only a few months ago, the Pahalgam terror attack was seen as an inflection point, with widespread calls in India to end all cricketing relations with Pakistan, including from the men’s head coach Gautam Gambhir. The atmosphere in both countries has been tense since.
“There is pressure on Pakistan which they have been carrying for the last 30 years. So maybe India will try to take advantage of it,” Latif said. “The only disadvantage in India is that they have not played T20Is. They must be playing warm-up matches or practicing. But they have not played any match. This may be a disadvantage,” he added.
Latif said although the Pakistani team is more or less the same that India have come across in the last five years, Sahibzada Farhan could be the Men in Green’s surprise package.
“He has been topping the T20 for the last 3-4 years. He has scored around 1000 runs. He has scored 4-5 centuries last season. So he has brought himself back. The good thing about him is that he plays T20 cricket the way it should be played. He follows the role given to him. He doesn’t play for himself. He tries to get momentum in the first 10-12 overs and that’s been his success mantra,” he said.
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